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<p>[QUOTE="leeg, post: 3561289, member: 17073"]“Puyallup, Wash., Dec 27.–Ezra Meeker, 92, who blazed the original Oregon Trail to the Pacific Northwest with an ox-team in his youth, and has since crossed the continent by rail, automobile, airplane, and even in an ancient prairie schooner just to show that he could do it again, has just been honored by his fellowtownsmen in Puyallup. A bronze statue of him, the work of Alonzo Victor Lewis, noted sculptor, has been unveiled in the public square.</p><p><br /></p><p> Meeker was almost too busy to attend the unveiling. Although nearing the century mark, he is dividing an active life among many varied interests. Known as the father of the hop industry in the fertile Puyallup valley, he is trying to put the decadent industry back upon its feet and find a market for the hops in the Orient and elsewhere abroad.</p><p><br /></p><p> He is at work, too, on a new history of early days in the West.</p><p><br /></p><p> He is organizing a moving picture production company to film the romantic story of his first trek westward through the wilderness 74 years ago. He means to correct what he declares are historical inaccuracies in “The Covered Wagon,” and other films on this theme.</p><p><br /></p><p> He is also helping direct government plans for the preservation of the original route of the Old Oregon Trail, with points of historical interest along the way marked with permanent monuments and inscriptions. Six million half-dollar silver coins were recently struck off by the United States mints in commemoration of the Old Oregon Trail. These souvenir coins were sold by the banks for $1 each, the proceeds being used for preservation and marking of the trail.</p><p><br /></p><p> ‘That’s the secret of living to a ripe old age–keep busy,’ says Ezra. ‘I’m a young man yet. I’m going to live way past a hundred.”<b>40</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>40 <i>Newark American Tribune</i>, Town Honors Pioneer Trailblazer. Newark, Ohio, Monday, December 27, 1926.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a195/leeg1957/Book%20Project%20Images/Oregon%20Trail%20Memorial%20Association/Meeker%20from%20the%20Newark%20Ohio%20American%20Tribune.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Courtesy <i>Newark (OH) American Tribune</i>.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="leeg, post: 3561289, member: 17073"]“Puyallup, Wash., Dec 27.–Ezra Meeker, 92, who blazed the original Oregon Trail to the Pacific Northwest with an ox-team in his youth, and has since crossed the continent by rail, automobile, airplane, and even in an ancient prairie schooner just to show that he could do it again, has just been honored by his fellowtownsmen in Puyallup. A bronze statue of him, the work of Alonzo Victor Lewis, noted sculptor, has been unveiled in the public square. Meeker was almost too busy to attend the unveiling. Although nearing the century mark, he is dividing an active life among many varied interests. Known as the father of the hop industry in the fertile Puyallup valley, he is trying to put the decadent industry back upon its feet and find a market for the hops in the Orient and elsewhere abroad. He is at work, too, on a new history of early days in the West. He is organizing a moving picture production company to film the romantic story of his first trek westward through the wilderness 74 years ago. He means to correct what he declares are historical inaccuracies in “The Covered Wagon,” and other films on this theme. He is also helping direct government plans for the preservation of the original route of the Old Oregon Trail, with points of historical interest along the way marked with permanent monuments and inscriptions. Six million half-dollar silver coins were recently struck off by the United States mints in commemoration of the Old Oregon Trail. These souvenir coins were sold by the banks for $1 each, the proceeds being used for preservation and marking of the trail. ‘That’s the secret of living to a ripe old age–keep busy,’ says Ezra. ‘I’m a young man yet. I’m going to live way past a hundred.”[B]40[/B] [B]40 [I]Newark American Tribune[/I], Town Honors Pioneer Trailblazer. Newark, Ohio, Monday, December 27, 1926.[/B] [IMG]https://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a195/leeg1957/Book%20Project%20Images/Oregon%20Trail%20Memorial%20Association/Meeker%20from%20the%20Newark%20Ohio%20American%20Tribune.png[/IMG] [B]Courtesy [I]Newark (OH) American Tribune[/I].[/B][/QUOTE]
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